News Center- Members of the Peace Mothers’ Assembly Branches in Siirt, Mardin, Şırnak, and Batman marched to the Habur Border, a border crossing point between Turkey and Iraq to protest the use of the chemical weapons in the Federal Kurdistan Region, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan, by Turkey.

Hundreds of people, including the members of the Free Women’s Movement (TJA), Association of Solidarity with Families Who Lost Their Relatives in the Cradle of Civilizations (MEBYA-DER), and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), joined the march.

“Let’s end this war”

Emine Özek, a member of the Silopi Peace Mothers Assembly, made a statement on the behalf of the protesters at the Habur Border. Stating that they gather against the chemical weapons used in the Federal Kurdistan Region, Emine Özek emphasized that they don’t accept the atrocity against the Kurdish people.

“We, as mothers, don’t accept this atrocity. We have no more patience left. We cannot sleep anymore. We call on Barzani and his partners; they should end the atrocity carried out in the free mountains. They (Turkey) have been attacking our people with their tanks and artillery since April. They have been attacking our people by using chemical weapons. We have no more patience left against this atrocity. They have been brutally attacking by using chemical weapons. We call on all mothers; let’s act shoulder to shoulder to end this war,” Emine Özek said in the statement. After her statement, the representatives of other organizations demanded an end to the use of chemical weapons.